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Table 3 Univariate logistic regression analysis of potential factors associated with compliance with PPE, hand hygiene, and IPC measures among nurses at Alexandria Main University Hospital, 2021 (n-354)

From: Nurses’ perception and compliance with personal protective equipment and hand hygiene during the third wave of COVID-19 pandemic

 

Poor compliance (n= 64)

Good compliance (n=290)

OR (95% CI)

p value

No.

%

No.

%

Gender

 Man

2

3.5

32

11.8

3.6 (0.8, 15.8)

0.081

 Woman^

55

96.5

240

88.2

  

Level of education

 Nursing school^

51

79.7

186

64.1

  

 Nursing Institute/University

13

20.3

104

35.9

2.2 (1.1, 4.2)

0.019*

History of COVID-19 disease

 No

36

56.3

171

59.0

1.1 (0.6, 1.9)

0.690

 Yes^

28

43.8

119

41.0

  

Colleague/relative had COVID-19 disease

 No

1

1.6

2

0.7

2.0 (0.1, 35.8)

0.638

 Yes, recovered

60

93.8

285

98.3

4.7 (0.9, 24.1)

0.060

 Yes, died^

3

4.7

3

1.0

Ref

-

Department

 Internal medicine

23

35.9

110

37.9

1.1 (0.6, 1.9)

0.766

 Surgical & emergency^

41

64.1

180

62.1

  

Working hours per day (hours)

 ≤ 8

52

81.3

220

75.9

0.7 (0.4, 1.4)

0.357

 > 8^

12

18.8

70

24.1

  

Work schedule

 Day time

41

64.1

154

53.1

0.6 (0.4, 1.1)

0.112

 Shift work^

23

35.9

136

46.9

  

Training on PPE usage & hand hygiene

 No

11

17.2

42

14.5

0.8 (0.4, 1.8)

0.759

 Yes^

53

82.8

248

85.5

  

Knowledge

 Min-Max

4–8

4–8

  

\(\kern1em \overline{x}\) ± SD

5.3 ± 1.04

6.5 ± 0.9

2.8 (2.1, 3.7)

<0.001***

Perception

 Min-Max

19–45

28–45

  

\(\kern1em \overline{x}\) ± SD

39.35 ± 4.7

41.3 ± 2.9

1.1 (1.07, 1.2)

<0.001***

Age (years)

 Min-Max

20–59

20–59

  

\(\kern1em \overline{x}\) ± SD

41.9 ± 11.1

37.6 ± 10.6

0.96 (0.9, 0.98)

0.005***

Employment duration (years)

 Min-Max

1.5–40

1.5–40

  

\(\kern1em \overline{x}\) ± SD

21.5 ± 11.6

17.6 ± 11.1

0.97 (0.9, 0.99)

0.013**

  1. Abbreviations: PPE Personal protective equipment, IPC infection prevention and control, \(\overline{x}\), mean; SD standard deviation, CI Confidence interval
  2. ^reference category
  3. *p≤0.05; **p>0.01; ***p>0.001